{"id":1029,"date":"2006-11-14T15:39:52","date_gmt":"2006-11-14T13:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2019-11-13T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:06:30","slug":"bacchiocchis-response-to-the-gregorian-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1029","title":{"rendered":"Bacchiocchi&#8217;s response to the Gregorian debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DiscussingAdventismBook\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1029\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"400px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1029\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div><p>For those of you who don&#8217;t know about this yet, there is an ongoing controversy surrounding the credentials of Samuele Bacchiocchi, a prominent Adventist scholar.<\/p>\n<p>He got his PhD at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and was the first non-Catholic to do so.\u00a0 That is where agreement ends between the two parties regarding his achievements there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today he published the first part of his response to their allegations<\/strong> in his <a title=\"Endtime Issues No. 159\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblicalperspectives.com\/endtimeissues\/et_159.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Endtime Issues newsletter number 159<\/a>, which can be found on <a title=\"Samuele Bacchiocchi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblicalperspectives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, here is a series of posts on various blogs that go into the issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi's &quot;Gregorian Controversy&quot;\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070223155246\/http:\/\/xcg.kingary.net\/2006\/05\/05\/bacchiocchis-gregorian-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bacchiocchi&#8217;s &#8220;Gregorian Controversy&#8221;<\/a> [on the now defunct XCG blog; via Internet Archive]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi\u2019s thesis \u2013 the Gregorian Controversy\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1013\">Bacchiocchi&#8217;s thesis &#8211; the Gregorian Controversy<\/a> [on my\u00a0 blog]<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Samuele Bacchiocchi is no longer<\/span><\/em> [on Belief.net, dead link]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi\u2019s Sabbath to Sunday\" href=\"https:\/\/h0bbes.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/17\/bacchiocchis-sabbath-to-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bacchiocchi&#8217;s Sabbath to Sunday<\/a> [on the <a title=\"Hobbes&#039; Place\" href=\"https:\/\/h0bbes.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hobbes&#8217; Place<\/a> blog]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi&#039;s Sabbath to Sunday, Take 2\" href=\"https:\/\/h0bbes.wordpress.com\/2006\/11\/20\/bacchiocchis-sabbath-to-sunday-take-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bacchiocchi&#8217;s Sabbath to Sunday, Take 2<\/a> [on the <a title=\"Hobbes&#039; Place\" href=\"https:\/\/h0bbes.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hobbes&#8217; Place<\/a> blog]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi&#039;s Sabbath to Sunday, Take 3\" href=\"https:\/\/h0bbes.wordpress.com\/2006\/12\/12\/bacchiocchis-sabbath-to-sunday-take-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bacchiocchi&#8217;s Sabbath to Sunday, Take 3<\/a> [on the <a title=\"Hobbes&#039; Place\" href=\"https:\/\/h0bbes.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hobbes&#8217; Place<\/a> blog]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"National Enquirer: Adventist Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20061109211409\/http:\/\/trevanosborn.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/national-enquirer-adventist-edition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Enquirer: Adventist Edition<\/a> [Internet archive] [original on <a href=\"http:\/\/trevanosborn.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevan Osborn&#8217;s Divergence<\/a> blog]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Allegations regarding Bacchiocchi\u2019s dissertation\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1017\">Allegations regarding Bacchiocchi&#8217;s dissertation<\/a> [on my\u00a0 blog]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi\u2019s current crisis\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1022\">Bacchiocchi&#8217;s current crisis<\/a> [on my\u00a0 blog]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Which chapter did Sam publish?\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1024\">Which chapter did Sam publish?<\/a> [on my\u00a0 blog]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi \u2013 images of his diploma and medal\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1026\">Bacchiocchi &#8211; images of his diploma and medal<\/a> [on my\u00a0 blog]<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bacchiocchi's defense, Part II\" href=\"http:\/\/sda2rc.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/bacchiocchis-defense-part-ii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bacchiocchi&#8217;s defense, Part II<\/a> [on the <a title=\"Seventh-day Adventist to Roman Catholic\" href=\"http:\/\/sda2rc.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sda2rc<\/a> blog]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A few quibbles, and some commentary on the actual issue thereafter:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8221; &#8230; historically the adoption of Sunday observance in place of the seventh-day Sabbath, has been attributed to the\u00a0 authority of the Catholic Church, rather than to the initiative of Christ or the Apostles.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Actually, Catholicism has taught for centuries that Sunday was instituted by the Apostles:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;The Apostles therefore resolved to consecrate the first day of the week to the divine worship, and called it the Lord&#8217;s day. St. John in the Apocalypse makes mention of the Lord&#8217;s day; and the Apostle commands collections to be made on the first day of the week, that is, according to the interpretation of St. Chrysostom, on the Lord&#8217;s day. From all this we learn that even then the Lord&#8217;s day was kept holy in the Church. . . .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;But the Church of God has thought it well to transfer the celebration and observance of the Sabbath to Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;For, as on that day light first shone on the world, so by the Resurrection of our Redeemer on the same day, by whom was thrown open to us the gate to eternal life, we were called out of darkness into light; and hence the Apostles would have it called the Lord&#8217;s day.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;We also learn from the Sacred Scriptures that the first day of the week was held sacred because on that day the work of creation commenced, and on that day the Holy Ghost was given to the Apostles.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">&#8212; <a title=\"Catechism of the Council of Trent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cin.org\/users\/james\/ebooks\/master\/trent\/tcomm03.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Roman Catechism<\/a>, also known as the Catechism of the Council of Trent, 1566 AD<\/p>\n<p>Bacchiocchi quotes this text, but not in its entirety, missing the important sections that would not have left him so surprised.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;Some Adventists have gone as far as fabricating the rumor that I am a Jesuit spy, paid by the Vatican to do subversive activities in the Adventist.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are no Jesuit spies.\u00a0 That&#8217;s anti-Catholic propaganda.\u00a0 Bacchiocchi&#8217;s right &#8211; he&#8217;s not a Jesuit spy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8221; &#8230; the official letter written by Dr. Barbara Bergami &#8230; This is a scanned copy of Dr. Bergami\u2019s letter&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter has had the contact details of someone cropped from it.<\/p>\n<p>Bacchiocchi mentions Bishop Murray and Barbara Bergami.<\/p>\n<p>Searching on Google can find these people.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Bergami [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-39,GGGL:en&amp;q=%22Barbara+Bergami%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google search<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Murray, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofkalamazoo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diocese of Kalamazoo<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150212170104\/https:\/\/www.dioceseofkalamazoo.org\/index.cfm?load=page&amp;page=203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"Bishop Emeritus James Murray of Kalamazoo\" src=\"https:\/\/d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net\/2792\/pictures\/2019\/9\/bishopmurray.jpg\" alt=\"Bishop Emeritus James Murray of Kalamazoo\" width=\"180\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Emeritus James Murray of Kalamazoo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a title=\"USCCB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/about\/bishops-and-dioceses\/all-dioceses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Catholic Conference of Bishops lists his address<\/a> as<\/p>\n<p>Most Reverend James A. Murray<br \/>\nDiocese of Kalamazoo<br \/>\n215 N. Westnedge Avenue<br \/>\nKalamazoo, MI 49007-3760<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Murray also has an e-mail address, listed on his diocesan website. [He has since retired; link removed.]<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-hierarchy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catholic Heirarchy<\/a> website, which lists all bishops, dioceses, etc, has pages for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-hierarchy.org\/bishop\/bmurray.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bishop Murray<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-hierarchy.org\/diocese\/dkala.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diocese of Kalamazoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bacchiocchi uses the words &#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">imprimatur\u2014approval<\/span><\/em>&#8221; a lot.<\/p>\n<p>A week ago, I wrote the following to Bacchiocchi by e-mail:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Regarding the meaning &#8211; you claim that is means approval by the Catholic Church of the contents of the text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">That is simply not correct.\u00a0 In a broader sense, an Imprimatur consists of 3 parts &#8211; a Nihil Obstat, an Imprimi Potest, and an Imprimatur (used in a narrower sense, as a third part of the Imprimatur in the broad sense.)\u00a0 What is printed in your book is ONLY the Imprimatur used in the narrower sense &#8211; which says nothing about approval of content, but refers only to the permission to print given AFTER the Nihil Obstat and Imprimi Potest are issued.\u00a0 The Nihil Obstat and Imprimi Potest are the declarations of approval, and are followed by the final approval by the bishop &#8211; the Imprimatur in the narrow sense.\u00a0 Because you do not have a Nihil Obstat or Imprimi Potest, you should not be claiming approval of the contents, but merely that permission to print was granted.\u00a0 With a Nihil Obstat and Imprimi Potest, the Imprimatur does signify final approval of the bishop.\u00a0 But without them, it&#8217;s the equivalent of permission to print a telephone directory, but it is simply never issued in that way.\u00a0 You get Nihil Obstats on their own, but not Imprimaturs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Also important to note is that IF (and it is clearly NOT) your Imprimatur were used in the broader sense of the word, it would still not mean approval by either the Vatican or the Catholic Church &#8211; but ONLY the bishop issuing the Imprimatur.\u00a0 Such texts can, and do, contain error.\u00a0 They never constitute official approval by the Church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Since you regularly admit that this was not easy to get, and was done as a favour to you by your mentors, we are left with two undeniable facts:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">First, the Imprimatur obtained was merely permission to print, not approval of content; and second, it was done as a favour and certainly never implied approval of the contents by the Vatican or the Church.\u00a0 It seems rather unbelievable that the Catholic Church would give approval to a book that was not thought to be in agreement with Catholic teaching.\u00a0 Granting it as a favour organised by your mentors explains that.\u00a0 But few people with insight into the matter would believe that any real approval was given.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">You may claim I do not understand what an Imprimatur is, as you did 2 years ago, but I assure you that you are mistaken.\u00a0 This is easily verified by a detailed look at what the three steps are about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On to his images.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;This is the picture of the Baccalaureatus diploma&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The middle signature reads &#8220;Herve Carrier.&#8221;\u00a0 He was rector of Gregorian University at the time Bacchiocchi graduated.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;Since we were five students who earned the magna cum laude distinction in the Baccalaureatus program, a lot was cast to decide who would receive the one silver medal donated by the Pope. Only one medal is donated for the students who earn academic distinctions. The assignment of the medal is determined by casting a lot. I was the lucky one. The lot fell upon me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who were the other five?\u00a0 They&#8217;re listed in the image Bacchiocchi presents &#8211; <a title=\"Samuele Bacchiocchi\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160303233557\/http:\/\/www.biblicalperspectives.com\/Gregoriana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see the full page with images<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/Bacchiocchi\/ETI_159_Gregorian_part_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF here: 6.8MB<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Googling them brings up nothing I can find significant &#8230; perhaps readers of other languages can locate them online.\u00a0 If they amounted to anything.<\/p>\n<p>But the booklet he scanned must be in public record somewhere.\u00a0 Therefore it can be verified far more easily than waiting for Gregorian to respond.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;An asterick precedes my name &#8220;*Bacchiocchi Samuele, laicus,&#8221; to indicate that I received the gold medal from Pope Paul VI. This time no lot was cast, because I was the only student among the Licentiati who qualified for the gold medal. This is the picture of the Academic Report dated October 16, 1972&#8243;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is another document that should be easily verifiable.\u00a0 At least relatively so &#8230; one would need access to somewhere that kept such things.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;I did not feel comfortable attending a Mass which for Catholic is a re-enactment of Christ\u2019s sacrifice. The Bible clearly teaches that we have no right or need to sacrifice Christ afresh.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Catholic Church agrees with Bacchiocchi on what the Bible says.\u00a0 He would probably have felt a lot more comfortable had he understood what Catholicism teaches.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;P. S. I plan to submit again to the Pontifical Gregorian University and to Bishop James Murray of Kalamazoo, this latest and more comprehensive response, as soon as the response is completed.\u00a0 PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. May the Lord help us to resolve this controversy in a peaceful way without resorting to the legal process.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On this we agree.\u00a0 I find the extra evidence quite interesting, and quite compelling.\u00a0 Of course, a lot of it needs to be verified.\u00a0 But he has provided documentation that should be verifiable without Gregorian providing it from their archives of student records.<\/p>\n<p>I await Bacchiocchi&#8217;s follow-up.\u00a0 He&#8217;s off to Australia now, and when he gets back, there should be more.\u00a0 I hope to see his explanation of a) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the imprimatur<\/span>, b) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the continued use of the imprimatur on an edition for which it was not obtained<\/span>, c) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the use of the name of Gregorian University Press on newer editions in a way that looks official<\/span>, and d) <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">evidence of the initial publication by them<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>On this evidence alone, however, I think it&#8217;s a very good time for Gregorian University to either recant or to provide their own documentation.\u00a0 Their argument is strong.\u00a0 But now Bacchiocchi&#8217;s argument is also strong &#8211; nearly as strong.\u00a0 If the images Bacchiocchi has scanned in and put on his website can be verified, they will certainly need to provide an explanation to back up their claims, if that is their intent.\u00a0 If his images cannot be verified, it&#8217;s still a case of his word against theirs.\u00a0 But on both sides, the words are strong.<\/p>\n<p>The Gregorian Controversy series is <a title=\"Samuele Bacchiocchi and the Gregorian controversy\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1009\">listed in full here<\/a>.\u00a0 Click <a title=\"Second part of Bacchiocchi\u2019s response\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1034\">here to go to the next post in the series<\/a>.\u00a0 And <a title=\"Bacchiocchi \u2013 images of his diploma and medal\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1026\">here for the previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Comments imported from the old blog:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Posted by stephen on November 14, 2006, 10:39 pm<\/span><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">Comments welcome and wanted on this development.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Posted by Jared Olar on November 14, 2006, 11:49 pm<\/span><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Yes, the documentation that Dr. Bacchiocchi has provided is very compelling. If the Gregorian can back up their public statements, they had better do so, or else, as you said, publicly recant.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">As for the imprimatur question, I eagerly await Dr. Bacchiocchi&#8217;s response to that, because so far everything we know agrees with what the Gregorian has said about the imprimatur and the publication of his dissertation.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Posted by stephen on November 21, 2006, 7:26 pm<\/span><br \/>\n<em> <span style=\"color: #008080;\">antsf2003@yahoo.com wrote:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If, you are a doctor, MD?, as you say, then stick to what you went to school for and stop trying to play professor of theology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Your lenthy post sounds like you don&#8217;t have a life, i.e. you have nothing better to do than sit on the computer all day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">What kind of a doctor is that?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008080;\">I suppose he&#8217;s a professional pontificator. If not, perhaps he should stop trying to dictate other people&#8217;s interests.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Bacchiocchi published the first part of his response to their allegations in his Endtime Issues newsletter number 159, which can be found on his website.  In the next, I hope to see his explanation of a) the imprimatur, b) the continued use of the imprimatur on an edition for which it was not obtained, c) the use of the name of Gregorian University Press on newer editions in a way that looks official, and d) evidence of the initial publication by them.<\/p><p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=1029\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[57,52,177,33,745,85,41],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventism","category-sabbath","tag-catholic-church","tag-first-day","tag-gregorian-university","tag-pope","tag-sabbath","tag-samuele-bacchiocchi","tag-sunday","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3fpVQ-gB","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}